It was founded in 1881, and was known in its early years as the Phoenix Evening Gazette.
In 1889, it was purchased by Samuel F. Webb, who at the time was a member of the 15th Arizona Territorial Legislature, as the Councilor from Maricopa County, the upper house of the legislature.
[1] In 1930 it was purchased by Charles Stauffer and W. Wesley Knorpp, the owner of its one-time rival The Arizona Republic.
Under Pulliam's management, it continued to operate as the main evening paper for the Phoenix area for several decades.
Eventually the Gazette's circulation declined and it ceased publication in January 1997.